Making a Tool Post for the BIG Lathe! | Part 1 | Shop made Tools

Thank you for the good video.🎉🎉🎉🎉

Question, when you were cleaning up the second face I noticed the center hole was not centered. Was the front and back (top and bottom) still coplanar? Answer I think is the sides just aren’t equal?

I think I’ve said it before but I have a full size Nova wood lathe. It cracks me up every time I see you change something in the tail stock! It is so big! (I know, that’s what she said.) I am used to #2 taper. It’s just different to what I am used to.

Nothing new, that is what's going on for years.

question: why did you use a center drill to located the tapped holes, but not for the dowel? I would think its location would be even more important? What am I missing?

yes, so shiny and beautiful!

Красавчик👍

Is there a reason to go with flame cut over sawn?

„So it was good that I hung on to a couple hundred of those cause I was able to use twelve of them today!“ 😂😂😂

I learn a word every day. Today I learned a dandy. "Swarf" the debris or waste resulting from machining, woodworking, or similar subtractive, material-removing, manufacturing processes. Swarf can be small particles (such as the gritty swarf from grinding metal or the sawdust from sawing or sanding wood); long, stringy tendrils (such as the springy chips from turning tough metals, or long shavings from whittling); slag-like waste (such as is produced within pipe during pipefitting work); or stone fragments and dust (as in masonry). Metal chips can be extremely sharp and they can cause serious injuries if not handled correctly.

27kg

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Excellent part! Sooooooo many extra tool change operations though. Make better use of the DRO!

Center drill all bolt holes, change tool, pre drill holes, change tool, chamfer all holes, change tool, tap all holes. Done. Saves an hour of work.

I know about taking it easy doing heavy cuts on auto-feed. Charlie (my boss) had put a block of steel on the bed of the Cincinnati horizontal mill, put the cutter in the adapter, and fit it into the spindle. The block was clamped down, the spindle speed and feed selected. He turned it on and watched for a couple of minutes then we went back to his office to discuss another job. A few minutes later we heard GRRUNK!... BANG!!! ... CLUNKITY, CLUNKITY, CLUNKITY... And Charlie was out of his chair and making a mad dash to the machine floor where he hit the E-stop. Upon examination he found the cutter shank had broken and cracked the adapter. It was Saturday and the supplier was closed so nothing more happened on that job until the next week.
Yeah, mate, take it slow and easy on a heavy cut like that. There was a pile of odds and ends of bar stock at the end of the shop and we figured that was where the cutter came to rest, but we never did find it.

What kind of mill is that?

It could all have been done at the mill LOL. but hey aint no care bout accuracy on a tool post.

For this job we're oing to make a tool post.. we have this tool post, but it's a bad tool post, I like this tool post, so we're going to make it like this tool post 😂😂

I can't wait to see the outtakes in this one!😅

The one bolt that's slightly looser than the rest would drive my OCD into overdrive.

Running out of shaft length - I've heard that can be a problem.

What did she say when you finished the first face? "Ahh, fresh honey"? So cute.

27 kilos

dont we double tap anymore Curtis ?

Karen, You do a fantastic job creating these videos. You and Kurtis make a great team.

Fuck-me!!! I'm losing it'!! Hahaha!!
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I'll guess it weighs 31kg

Extraordinary machining skills! Kurtis, your work is so precise, and your knowledge in machining just inspires me. Thank you for sharing this project with us! Great video, so kudo’s to your wife as well!

ideal finish for you`re tool is black oxyde

I love your editing. It is absolutely phenomenal! !

I was a bit confused when you did the first face off in the lathe and drilled the centre hole. The you flipped the work piece in the lathe and pushed it up to the chuck face but the centre hole wasn't running true? . In my limited lathe skills that would worry me, suggesting the centre hole wasn't square to the first face. What am I missing?.

What are you using to cut your steel with?, and how do you choose your cutters?. D

Good job!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏🙌

Bonjour M. Kurt, j'adore votre travaille, courage et bisous a votre chien

☺️Can you make one of this for me too?❤️💛🧡

It happened beautiful🥀

Rest in peace, Bob Sanford.

I love my little al320g .......but i watch this and feel somewhat emasculated 😢. I cheer myself up by thinking Kurt's tool post probably cost as much as my lathe. Fascinating to see the big stuff in action with damn fine quality workmanship. Thanks for sharing guys.

Curious, why sand off the oxidation, if you're going to mill off 5mm from each surface?
Not trying to be a bast%$d, just curious.
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As someone who is just starting out doing machine work these videos are awesome hopefully i can learn to do at least a quarter of what kurt does.

Great skills ! looks Awesomes ! Thanks for sharing !

Thanks for sharing the new weight should be 31.4 kilo.

26.5 kilo finished weight

no idea why when me mood is down i just click a random cee video from years ago(that i havent seen yet) and when i see the doggo and birds it just makes me day :) (also f*** off train)